Chronic care clinics: Why don't they work?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 908-909

  Williams, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0032795374     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb03853.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (7)

1. Williams TF, Hill JG, Fairbank ME, et. al. Appropriate placement of the chronically ill and aged: A successful approach by evaluation. JAMA 1973; 226: 1332-1335.
2. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Geriatric assessment methods for clinical decision-making. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988; 36: 342-347.
3. Health and Public Policy Committee, American College of Physicians. Comprehensive functional assessment for elderly patients. Ann Intern Med 1988; 109: 70-72.
4. Lachs M, Feinstein A, Cooney L, et. al. A simple procedure for general screening of functional disability in elderly patients. Ann Intern Med 1990; 112: 699-706.
5. Stuck AE, Siu AL, Wieland GD, et. al. Comprehensive geriatric assessment: A meta-analysis of controlled trials. Lancet 1993; 342: 1032-1036.
6. Coleman EA, Grothaus LC, Sandhu N, et. al. Chronic care clinics: A randomized controlled trial of a new model of primary care for frail older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999; 47: 775-783.
7. Reuben DB, Frank JC, Hirsh SH, et. al. A randomized clinical trial of outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment coupled with an intervention to increase adherence to recommendations. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999; 47: 269-276.